The Nature Library

The Fifteen Volumes

Each volume covers one great group of the animal or plant kingdom. Click a volume to browse its families and its creatures, one page at a time.

I Bird Neighbours Neltje Blanchan II Game Birds Neltje Blanchan III Bird Homes A. Radclyffe DugmoreImages coming soon IV American Animals Witmer Stone & William Everett Cram V Fishes David Starr Jordan & Barton W. Evermann VI Butterflies W. J. Holland VII Moths W. J. Holland VIII Insects Leland O. HowardImages coming soon IX Wild Flowers Neltje BlanchanComing soon X Mushrooms Nina L. MarshallComing soon XI Trees Julia Ellen RogersImages coming soon XII Frogs Mary C. DickersonImages coming soon XIII Reptiles Raymond L. DitmarsImages coming soon XIV Mosses and Lichens Nina L. MarshallImages coming soon XV Shells Julia Ellen RogersImages coming soon

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